Life in the Colonies (Political)
This local meeting allowed colonists to vote on community issues.
What is a town hall meeting?
This was the main job of most colonists.
What is farming?
This group made up the largest part of colonial society.
Who are farmers and laborers?
This type of resistance included slowing work or breaking tools.
What is passive resistance?
This war left Britain in debt and led to new taxes on the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This idea meant colonists believed taxes were unfair without a voice in government.
What is “no taxation without representation”?
This British policy allowed colonies to govern themselves with little interference before 1763.
What is salutary neglect?
This group held the most wealth and power in colonial society.
Who are wealthy landowners (the elite)?
This was one way enslaved people tried to gain freedom.
What is running away?
This act placed a tax on paper goods like newspapers and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
This group had final authority over colonial laws.
What is the British Parliament?
This economic system expected colonies to help make money for Britain.
What is mercantilism?
This 1676 rebellion led colonial leaders to fear poor workers joining together.
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
Seneca Village,a free Black community, was once located in this now famous park in New York City.
What is Central Park?
This law required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
This was the first elected legislative assembly in the American colonies.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
This was Britain’s reason for placing new taxes on the colonies after 1763.
What is to pay off debt from the French and Indian War?
This determined a person’s opportunities, wealth, and power in colonial society.
What is social class?
This helped enslaved people preserve their culture and identity.
What are music, stories, religion, and traditions?
These laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?